Getting to know ingenta

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Getting to know ingenta
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Our passwords changeon Aug 27, 2001
We have been instructing users that to begin If
they previously created a profile in the UnCover
service, they needed to enter their profile
number and password into the
username and password fields on the ingenta
Welcome Screen.
Also If this is their first visit to the
CSU ingenta gateway, they must sign up and create
a profile by clicking sign up on the Welcome
Screen.
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Faculty and Grad Students who do not already have
a CARL/Uncover profile

• 1. must fill out our Document Delivery
  Agreement form(print or online) before creating a
  new ingenta account.2. They may sign up at the
  University Library Reference Desk to acquire the
  deposit account number and password (new account
  passwords will be available to them starting
  8/27), or complete the online ingenta Document
  Delivery Agreement form.

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How users manage their account
When users initially sign up for their ingenta
account, after going through personal
registration and selecting their own User Id and
Password, and then clicking continue - they may
update your personal details from this section at
any time.
This is where they enter their FAX number, email,
and contact info
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CSUN Deposit Accounts Passwords are entered
CSUN deposit account s and passwords obtained
from library staff are entered in the Claim
Account section of the ingenta manage profile
section.
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Remember that account numbers and passwords are
available for lookup on the intranet under
Reference Instruction/ Accounts Passwords
(these will be updated for 8/27 password changes)
andin the notebook at the reference desk.
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searching ingenta
Searching ingenta- Quick Search or Search Options
(advanced searching) ingenta is designed for
both searching and browsing.
Quick Search
Advanced Search
use Quick Search to locate articles in the
uncover plus database or online articles
database or click on the Search Options button
to be taken into advancedSearch options.-gt
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Merger of uncover with ingenta
databases

• ingenta is divided into two databases Uncover
  Plus and Online Articles - you should try
  searching both.
• Uncover Plus - allows you to browse the table of
  contents of the of more than 25,000 publications
  with 11,000 titles that were not available in
  CARL/Uncover There are now more than 11,000 new
  titles for you to choose from. A list of the new
  titles is available at http//www.ingenta.com/new_
  to_uncover.
• Online Articles - allows you to search and
  locate articles available online from library
  database subscriptions for immediate delivery to
  your computer. If the university library has a
  subscription to the journal via one of the online
  article databases there will be no charge for
  accessing the article online.

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Other searching notes
Truncation- You can use an asterisk () in order
to truncate a search expression. i.e., HISTOR
will find the words HISTORY, HISTORICAL, etc. To
search for publication title Search for Exact
title, keywords in title, or ISSN (do not use
hyphens or spaces) by clicking on the respective
button then click the Search button or Search
Since Last Update button.

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Search Results
Search results can be displayed in HTML for
printing or in ASCII for downloading to
disk. Electronic articles are those available in
PDF and HTML format, and can be delivered
immediately to a users desktop. Users may also
email their entire list by clicking the "email
entire list". If they click back and forth on the
uncover plus and online article tabs (shown
below) the search will be rerun accordingly.
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Holdings and blocking

• The red book icon next to the citation indicates
  articles owned by our library.
• users will be unable to request an item that
  the University Library owns or has access to.
  (problems are being reported)
• Each article has the following options for users
  
• Mark- desired articles to create a list that you
  can later print or place in your shopping cart.
• Summary - View all citation information and the
  article summary (abstract) if available.
• Full text - View the full text of the article if
  available.
• Add to cart -Add to the shopping cart , which
  displays prices and the delivery method.

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Eligibility
Who may use this service? All CSUN faculty
(full-time and part-time). All graduate
students in a degree program or a University
Certificate program. Note Graduate students
in a Certificate in Advanced Professional
Development program, Certificate of
Participation program and Open University are
NOT eligible.
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Limitations/ Restrictions
Articles from journals that CSUN owns may NOT
be ordered. Articles costing more than 40.00 may
NOT be ordered. Faculty may order an unlimited
number of articles, although we ask that the
faculty be judicious as charges add up quickly.
Graduate students may order up to 24 articles
per academic year (or 12 articles per semester).
Any orders over the limit of 24 will be billed to
the student.
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New handouts/forms/instruction
1. http//library.csun.edu/i-ingenta.html2. New
carbon copy sign up forms on the way for
reference desk or online form is available at
http//library.csun.edu/sumoform.html.3. New
fill in the blank sheets for instructions on sign
up process.4. New template message is in
lib-ref for ingenta.5. Instruction on ingenta
is available by appointment with Lynn Lampert.